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States. The real importance Of these
dey loPmsnts ie not at present recoR.
nizau cy the country. They mean
what IL most to he desired, the decen-
tr,l zati.n OF our industrial system.
Had the South besn favored with the
i6dustrid system at and prior TO 1860,
which tbs North had, the cor dict 0f
arms could have turned the other
way. Thousands OF little industries will
follow natural gas or coal wherever
found, and less money will hereafter
20 to railroad companies for hauling
keg Of nails thousand miles or two,
or paddock or a coat, when these ar.
ticles can he made within gunsaot Of
the consumers. This is the tendency
now at work, aud it will, ia time, and
probably a short time, comparatively,
reorganizs our industrial system and
our industrial relations.
E9glish manufacturers are bothered
over the prospects, OF German manu-
iac,urers getting the contract to build
several hundred miles Of railroad In
China.
American capitalists are taking sps.
clal interest In the building OF small
houses in large and small manulsctur.
ing centers. The Northern Pacific
Company will build 500 houess at one
place in Dakota. Eastern corpora
tions, particularly manufacturing, are
preparing to do the same, and in some
cases have already made the break. A
great deal OF money could be safely
invested In that way.
The Chicago master builders have
called national convention to make q
combination for their protection
against labor. The workmen have is
sued like call and en- armed neutral.
lty will probably be the result.
A number Of woolsp mills will prob
ably be erected in the Northwest. Got
ton mills ara projected all over the
South and Southwest. Mines are be-
ing opened In q dozan States. Several
thousand coke ovens are under con-
struCtion or are pyojscted in six or
seven States, and this industry is des-
tined to grow for awhile ss rapidly as
the iron trade, which it has done 30
much to build up.
The British trades unionis's have
decided to not join with any other.
A 100 acre silk farm has been started
in Maryland.
An enormous amount of canal cut.
tine is to be done on tina Pacific coast
and Ia RaRsia.
The various estimates as to our cot
ton products makes it probable that
Al. L. .AN 10 nAn nnA
and tbs crop about 100000 bales.
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SWINGING TO THE SULTAN.
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT NE.
GOTIATlNG FOR A PARTNER,
COnVentiOn-RnKland ana
RassiA COereinK.

OoNsTANTNoPLR, June 28.-The
French Government has sent O note
to the Sultan in which ii distinctly
refuses to laccept the situation which
will result from the signing OF the
Egyptian convention, and says that II
the convention be ratified France will
tske measures necessary to protect her
interests, which will be endangered
by the disturbance OF the equilib-
rum OF the Mediterranean. On the
other hand, France offers formal
assurance that she will protect and
guarantee the Sultan against whatever
consequences may result II he will re-
fuse to ratify the convention. By
doing 80, the note says, the Sultan will
strengthen the ties OF friendship be-
tween Francs and Turkey and protect
his country from the enCroachments
and ambition OF England.
Upon receipt OF the note the COun-
Gil Of Ministers was summoned, and q
note 10 the powers was drafted, COM
planning OF French interference in the
internal affairs Of Turkey. The note
will be submitted to the Sultan for ap.
proval. 1t is rumored that Russian
troops are advancing from Kars as a
menscs to Turkey.
c)RRCIvB MOVE.
LONDON, June 20. - The time eel for
signing the Egyptian convention ex-
piIes tomorrow. II is asserted thai if
the Sultan does not sign the document,
Sir Henry Drummond Wolf, the Spec.
isl British Envoy, will depart from
Oonstantinople instantly.
BECOMING ACUTE.
This morning Post says: The Egyp-
tian Negotiations have reached an
acute stage. France threatens to
break of diplomatic relations with the
Porte and resume her claims regard.
ing the protection OF the oriental holy
places il the convention be ratified,
while Russia demands recompense in
the direction Of Erz 1roum. The Porte,
therefore, asks England whether, in
the event OF the ratification Of the
convention, Turkey can rely upon the
effective fulfillmeut OF the convention
relating to Cyprus. A reply to this
note hRs not yet been received at Con-
atanlin0ple.
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The Room.

"All this real estate boom in Wash
ington, or rather in the suburbs Of
Washington, reminds me very forcibly
OF the methods adopted by the boom
ers in the West" said a gentleman
who has spent many years west Of the
Ohio river. 'Only short time ago /
was in Wichita, Kss., Just whom the
boom in that town started. Wichita
was very comfortable little city Of
1000 or 5000 inhabitants, and these in
habitants were doing very well in
their legitimate business when theee
professional boomers struck them.
These men first bought up options on
all the real estate that was for sale in
the city. Then they went to a man
who had lived in the town ever since
il was founded and offered aim $12, 500
for a piece of land with brick store
on it, that was not worth cent over
$4,000. OF course sale was made and
the cash was paid over. They took
care that every one should know
Just what they had. paid for
the property. Then the boom
started. Every one owning q
foot OF land within the confines Of
Wichita at once raised his figures to
conform to those secured for the prop
erty just sold, and trading in real es
tate began on large scale. 1t was
not noticed that the original boomers
sold out all their holdings, including
the options, uRtil after they had
moved out Of town. Within very
short time these same fellows went
over the same mode Of business away
up in Ashland, Wis. City lots, which
we're filed with old stumps, rose in
value from $l00 apiece to $1,000 or
$4,000 in several instances, and there
was every indication OF an enormous
increase In the growth OF the place.
One day the inhabitants of Ashland,
who might be called old residents,
we're surprised when they arose in the
morning and saw sign which read
something like this: This boom has
moved to Sault Ste. Marie.I Now
that hamlet is about to enjoy the ben
efits OF first class boom, the suckers
will be nipped, and the boomers will
capture the DOODLE"
The real estate speculations in
the suburbs of Washington are
conducted on very much this
same plan. A year or 30 ago,
company was orgsnized and few
acres Of land was purchased Just over
the Maryland line, for which from $75
to $125 per acre was paid. The com.
pany laid out few streets, gave their
town rural name, and had msgni-
ficent prospectus Autographed, and
started to sell lois. They began on toe
auction plan, and the first sales were
made at the price Of cents per square
foot. since thai time there have been
several other sales, and prices have
iumped in some cases to 263 cents per
square foot or something like SIC, 900
an acre. This is not the only instance,
but already Washington people seem
to have gone crazy on the subject Of
town lots and prices have enhanced
enormously. II is fact that 10 some
Of these suburban towns values today
are enormously higher than they are in
many portions of Washington, where
water, gas, sewerage and other con.
veniences are TO be had.
AN EXAMINATION OF TIE LIST OF PAT
ENTs
granted to inventors in various parte
Of the country every week will afford
an interesting study to him who ia
interested in the mechanical progress
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PITTsBURo, Pa, June 26.--Ths Pitts
bVrg Dispatch saws: II is reported on
Nod authority that the coke opera,
tors, notwithstanding their denials
will shortly attempt to start tbeil
works with non-nnion men, VIM. A.
PinkertoD, Of the Detective Agency
was in the city todey, and gpent sev.
eral hours In conference with the
members Of the coke syndicate. 1t il
said that he will bring l5O detectives
here in few dsyp, and that they will
be distributed throughout the coke re.
glOns. Serious trouble will likely fol.
low any attempt TO resume with i'm.
noTiad men.
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of the United States. There are is
sued each week an average OF about
400 patents. OF theae very few are
upon inventions which are entirely
new. On the contrary, nearly every
patent granted this year conflicts in a
greater or less degree with that grant
ed to some one who thought out a
similar invention beiors. The inven-
ton and patenting Of any article, from
q printing press TO q pairing knife, Is
sure to spur some one else on to at
tempt 40 improvement, and the re.
suit is that there are frequently hun
dreds OF devices similar in many re.
spects but having come slight points
Of difference protected by letters pa.
tent every year. Two years ago the
inventors OF the country seemed
10 have gone wild on the subject of
car couplers, and it was q very dull
week indeed when there we're not at
least elk OF these articles added
TO the list OF those patented
before. Yet it is eaid that the
railroad companies have not yet been
able to select from the lot sim
gle device which will do away with
the old system Of coupling up with
link and pin. After every railroad
accident when there is considerable
loss OF life from FIRE there is sure to
bs q number OF applications fled for
heating cars by some other method
than the common heating stove. Yet
the patent is still to be issued which
will combine absolute safety with
utility. There are already something
like $50 patents recorded for car
heaters.
One thing which everyone interested
IN the pa:ent list notices is the fact
that the West is rapidly developing an
inventive geniue. A few years ago it
was a rare occurrence to find the
record OF patent Issued to resident
of one OF the Western States for any
invention not connected with agricul-
ture. Lately, however, the spirit of
improvement seems to have taken
deep hold Of the Western people and
among them are many of the most in
genius devisers in the country. New
England still remains in the lead in
the matter OF complicated mechanical
devices, but the West is gaining rapidly
and especially in electrical machinery
is fast crowding to the front,
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Frances Fortunate Treaty.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 26.-It is
learned that the new treaty OF com
merce, friendship and navigation be-
tween the republics OF France and
Mexico contains provisions for the
settlement OF estates of deceased
French citizens in Mexico, greatly
superior to those enjoyed by citizens
of other countries. The treaty has not
yet been published.
The British subjects resident here
sat down to banquet in honor Of the
Jubilee OF Queen Victoria this even
ing. The British Minister was not
present. That functionary will give a
grand reception!of his own in honor
Of the Jubilee at an early date. -; :.::,--s
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shnrD "A VERY sick Man.

NEw YoRK, June 26.-JaCob Sharp,
this evening in conversation, said
"I am a very sick man, aud IL is q
question which will last the longest,
my strength or the trial. Ny family
have been urging me to consult a ply.
sician, but l have refused 10 do this
for fear his prescriptions might make
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me so i'll that / would not be able 70
attend court No, IL is not the change
OF quarters from my home to this Jail
tina, has knocked me cut; il is the re-
suit OF an illness that has been siesdi-
ly gathering strength for two years I
am suffering from an affection Of the
heart, kidney troubls aud dlEbetes.' >
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.Puokn An Peril.

NEw YORK, June Z6.--Fire in the
building owned by the comic news.
paper, Puck, caused damage aggregat-
ing $46 600 TO number Of firms quar-
tered there. sSSY a. ..s.....- a..,.; -, IN
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(l98 Orange ST.
(MacoD)


The duplicate pledge card bears on
this side the name Of the person who
solicited the signing OF the card, or
the name Of the gentlemen TO whom
1t may be sent through he mail. Both
ladies and gentlemen have become
members OF the society. There are
now sixty members at Macon, and
seven Ant.Treating soCietieo have
been formed in other towns in Geor-
gis and are beginning active work.
The society at Macon is known as Jem-
ison Division, No. /, that at
Millegeville, Jemison Division,
No. 2, and so on accord
ing TO the time Of organization. Nu-
merous inquiries have been received
at headquarters asking about the
work, its plans and the like. Some OF
these are from other States, including
Northern States; two from Scotland
and France, one from Nova Scotia and
one from the Bermuda Islands. In
effect, the form that the liquor law
in Georgia has taken In some counties
and towns acComplisheB the same
purpose as the Anti.Treating Society.
In Atlanta, for instance, q man can
not buy less than quart Of liquor.
This discourages treating at bar rooms
and All public places, II not at home,
And the idea has spread Ia another
direction. During the recent session
OF the Florida Legislature o bill was
introduced making IL a misdemeanor
to invite man to lake a drink. The
bill was killed by ridioule, but IL
showed that the anti-treating idea had
got abroad.
1t is not a prohibitory or total absti-
nenoe movement, but it is q very
practical reform movement, directed
against a social custom which is un-
doubtedly responslbls for much Of the
intemperance in the United States.
, 1887-10-05
The First Lightning Rod.

II we are to believe an Austrian paper
the first lightning rod was not con-
structed by Franklin, but by a monk OF
Seuftenberg, in Bohemia, named Prohob
Diwisch, who installed an apparatus
June 10, 1854, in the garden Of the Gu
rate Of Prenditz (Moravia). The appar-
atus was composed of a pole surmounted
by an non rod supporting twelve curved
up branches, and terminating in as many
metallic boxes, filled with iron ore and
closed by a lockwood cover, traversed by
twenty-seven sharp iron points, which
plunged at their base in the ore. All the
system was unitel to the earth by a
large chain. The enemies of Diwisch,
jealous of his success at the court of vi
emma, excited the peasants Of the locality
against him, and under the pretext that
his lightning rod was the cause of the
great drought, they made him take down
the lightning rod which he had utilized
for SIX ears. What is most curious is
The form Of this first lightning rod,
which was Of multiple points like the
one which NJ. Melsu afterward invented.
La Lumiere Electrique.
, 1887-10-05
How n woman Reaches Conclusions.

In close connection with this more
delicate physical constitution OF the
woman is the fact that her emotional
nature is more keen, her sensibility more
quick, her passions more violent, her in
stincts more imperious, and less submits
sive to necessary limitations, than in the
nan. This strongly rooted sensibility i n
women is the aus of their characteristic
persistencv in all matters that depend in
any considerable degree on sentiment.
1t is in vain to combat sentiment with
reasons A woman of strong passion
aud fine s~ensibility will hold by her in
5lincts, and leave your arguments to
float, and in SO doing may, in not a few
cases, be right; but if the case Is one in
which cool judgment, and not keen feel
ing, is to decide, she will probably be
wrong.
Arguments in such cases are stronger
with a man, because he is either natur-
ally less richly furnished with sentiment,
or has trained himself to keep his senti-
ment in subsection; but with the woman
1t Is omnipotent. az belonging radically
to the constitution Of her nature. You
may bend the branches Of a tree, and
force them to grow, as we sometimes sce,
contrary to nature, downwards; but if
you tug at the roots, you kill it.-Pro-
fessor j. Stuart Blackie in Cassell's
Magazine.
, 1887-10-05
THE ESCAPED PRISONERS.

The most startling occurrence in this
city for the past year wa the escape o.
four prisoners from the county jail last
evening. The desperate character vi
many of the men confined there wa well
known, as was likewise the ia t thai a.
attempt to escape ha been previousl,
ma 10. But qua dis ha been employed a.
public expense and the lately constructed
upper tier of cells were apparently ~
formidable to a man thUut tools tina e,
taking everything into consid, ration, al
escape could scarcely be considered anon
the probabilities But MAJ proposes,
while the jail bird acts with ingenuity,
COIL "a ItIun aud mechanical skill.
Now that the unlocked for has hap
pened a gre It m my people are prepared
to sing the same old Il told you so song
They are ready to 6nd fault with tn,
cous ruction of the irun cages. with tn,
presence oi the practically unprotected
skyllght, with the arrangements fuI
guarding the place, and above all for tn.
freedum with which promiscuous visiting
has been per pitted. And yet, to tn,
unpractised eye of the average visitor, AL
escape, under g cd surveillance. seemed
impossible. The cages stand in the CEN
ter OF the room, surrounded by a wild,
corridor, which brought every side int
ready view As to the uppc tier it VIA,
newly constructed, high above the floor.
aud as it WAS alleged to contain all tn,
latest improvements, mob dy appeared t.
seriously think that escape from it wa,
possible.
The bold escape of four prisoners will
prof. ably cause some changes in the pres
ent method OF conducting the jail, partic-
ularly with reference to The ready a lmis
sion Of all visitors, but as to whether any
blame attaches 10 a y Ut the officers, either
on account of negligence or carelessness,
is a question for future consideration. All
efforts now should be concentrated on
securing the return OF the esraoed prison
ers, particularly Mccoy, the brutal muir
derer. whose funeral would be witnessed
with heartfelt satisfaction by an immense
number of good citizens.
, 1887-10-05

Forty years ago there died in Padua
the physician and chemist. G. B. Masse-
daglia, who had succeeded in petrifying
several animal bodies, which he be-
queathed to the University museum. TIC
his will he had attached q sealed letter
containing the secret OF his method OF
p~etrifcation. which was only to be di.
vulged to his legal heirs. Until recently
all search for the heirs Of DR.. Massedaglia
remained fruitless, but they have at last
beed discovered, and are offered very
large sums for the secret, which, how
ever, they refuse to disclose for the
present.-Boston Transcript.
, 1887-10-05

The principle Of manufacture is SIM
pie. The different parts comprise q brass
roller studded with fine points of the
hardest steel, a steel comb, the teeth of
which give the sounds, a spring to give
the revolving motion to the cyclinder and
a fly wheel or fan to regulate the revolv-
ing motion. The music has first to be
arranged by a thorough artist. The cyl
inder which comes from the machine
shop Is then placed in the hands of a
woman, who, with the aid of the music
and a very ingenious machine, marks the
places on the cylinder where the points
are to be inserted. Another person drills
all tho little holes, and another inserts the
points. The cylinder is then filed with
molten cement and then placed on q lathe
and revolved quickly. The cement adj
heres to the inside surface and thus holds
the points. hole is left in the center of
the cylinder for the axis. The points are
then filed down SO as to be of equal
length. The comb is tuned by n tuner,
who first Gles the teeth, without
excessive care, to give them the
proper hexibility, and then files
them near the base to lower the tones
and neal the point to sharpen the
tones. The operation Of fastening the
cylinder and comb to the bed plate re-
quires much accuracy, SO that the points
Of the cylinder and the comb will ex-
actly meet. a woman following the
music then bends the points en- the cylin-
der slightly forward in order to secure
moro strength, but more especially to
make the cords drop simultaneously and
cause the rum or roulades to play evenly.
Size in nitric boxes increases both
their volumes and their richness in tone.
a cylinder ten inches long can be made
to play six, eight, ten or twelve airs
well, but it will play six or eight airs
better and with more sweetness and har-
mony Of sound than it can be made to
play q greater number. The reason of
this is that more points on the cylinder
and more teeth in the comb can he used
for each air if there are fewer airs. Tho
space between the teeth decreases with
the number of airs. If the cylinder is
increased in diameter the airs may be
prolonged. A music box is like q watch.
1t will Last q lifetime if it is good to begin
with, and is treated well and with care.
Most owners of music boxes object to
using them except for company. The
fact is, a music box should be used every
lay. just ns a watch should DO wound up
avery day.-Jewelrv News
, 1887-10-05

Wa correspondence was often a se-
rious task. being accomplished under
many difficulties. After any engage
ment, whether big or little, the CORE
spondents had the greatest trouble to OBJ.
tain correct information from the forces
that had taken part in it. During the
first year, and more, of the conflict,
many minor officers of the regular army
despised the volunteers, and few took
pains to conceal their feeling. They
seemed unwilling to give them any
credit, and the same injustice prevailed
to a certain degree among the volunteer
commands.
When we inquired, therefore, of a
brigade or division as to the part they
had taken in battle, they would, if they
had participated at all, be likely to APP
propriate most of the credit to themselves.
Then questioning some other brigade or
division, they would declare the honos
of the day belonged to them, and would
deny the truth of the previous report
specifically and emphatically. Thus, an
Ohio brigade would assume to have done
everything, and to have saved an Indi-
ana brigade from being cut to pieces;
while an Indiana brigade would make
the same assumption for themselves, and
disparage the troops of the n~eighboring
state. The same was true of Iowa and
Wisconsin, of Michigan and Minnesota
troops. Each command had turned the
tide of strife, and covered itself with
glory, SO that there was very little left
for the remainder of the army to achieve.
The West Pointers had no faith in the
volunteers, come from where they might.
They not infrequently disputed their our
age; and when they did not, they pro-
claimed their incompetency. War was
an art, a science; how could novices be
expected to acquire it without study and
experience?
Regulars and volunteers corrected In
time this vicious habit. With their in
crease of military knowledge, they be-
anne mora intelligent and more tolerant:
they understood themselves and others
better. In truth, the first two years were
little else than a series of experiments:
they served as a sort of training school
for learning the trade Of war.-Junius
Henri Browne in ~Lippincott's.
, 1887-10-05

The county library in the Y. NJ G. A
building was formally opened Yesterday
Mrs. smith in charge. A number o.
books were issued and borrower applica
tons, accompanied by the necessary nuar
Antor. were presented. The institution
will be open Tuesday, Thursday and Sat.
uriay afternoons and Saturday
mornings. In the well arranged find
ing list is a catalogue containing the title,
of the volumes comprising the library
New books will De added to the collection
FROM time to time, and it will undoubt
eddy be the largest and best free publ,
library west Of the Mississippi.